# wiku
## Elfdalian
### Noun

wiku f (definite singular wiką̊)
* Alternative spelling of wikå (“week”)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦶꦏꦸ (wiku, “priest; monk, nun”), from Old Javanese wiku (“sage; priest; monk, nun”), from Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú, “mendicant”). Doublet of biku and biksu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈwiku]
* Hyphenation: wi‧ku

### Noun

wiku
* (obsolete) monk.

### Further reading

* “wiku” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

wiku
* Romanization of ꦮꦶꦏꦸ

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Pali bhikkhu (“beggar, Buddhist monk”), from Sanskrit भिक्षु (bhikṣú, “mendicant”). Doublet of biku.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /wi.ku/
* Rhymes: -ku
* Hyphenation: wi‧ku

### Noun

wiku
* holy man, sage
* priest
* monk, nun, ascetic, anchorite or anchoress, hermit

#### Alternative forms

* biku

#### Derived terms

* amikwani
* awiku
* awikwa-wikwan
* kabikuan
* kawikuan
* kawikun
* kawikwan
* makawiku
* winikon
* para wiku
* wiku haji
* wiku hijo
* wiku mirah
* wiku nagara
* wiku rarā
* wiku rājya
* wiku talun
* wikubhāwa
* wikubrati

#### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦮꦶꦏꦸ (wiku) (inherited)
** → Indonesian: wiku
* → Balinese: ᬯᬶᬓᬸ (wiku)

### Further reading

* "wiku" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Unami
### Etymology

From
* /wiki/: to dwell, have a house
* /-w: third person
Cognate with Munsee wíikuw (“he dwells”).

### Verb

wiku (animate intransitive verbs)
* (animate, intransitive) he dwells, he lives (in a dwelling), has a house

#### Conjugation

| wiku | |
| 1st person singular | nëwiki |
| 2nd person singular | kwiki |
| 3rd person singular | wiku |
| 1st person plural inclusive | nëwikihëna |
| 1st person plural exclusive | kwikihëna |
| 2nd person plural | kwikihëmo |
| 3rd person plural | wikuwàk |
| wiku | |
| 1st person singular | wikia |
| 2nd person singular | wikiàn |
| 3rd person singular | wikit |
| 1st person plural inclusive | wikiènkw |
| 1st person plural exclusive | wikiènkw |
| 2nd person plural | wikièkw |
| 3rd person plural | wikihtit |
| wiki | |
| 1st person singular | wikiane |
| 2nd person singular | wikiàne |
| 3rd person singular | wikite |
| 1st person plural inclusive | wikiànkwe |
| 1st person plural exclusive | wikiànkwe |
| 2nd person plural | wikièkwe |
| 3rd person plural | wikihtite |
| mitsi | |
| 1st person singular | nëwikìch or xu nëwiki |
| 2nd person singular | kwikìch or xu kwiki |
| 3rd person singular | wikùch or xu wiku |
| 1st person plural inclusive | nëwikihënàch or xu nëwikihëna |
| 1st person plural exclusive | kwikihënàch or xu këwikihëna |
| 2nd person plural | kwikihëmòch or xu kwikihëmo |
| 3rd person plural | wikuwàkch or xu wikuwàk |

#### Related terms

* wikëwam
* wikhao
* wikhe
* wikhèt
* wikhatuwàk

### References

* Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “wiku”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project